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NFL 2011 Predictions: The NFC
Sep 6th
NFC East
(1) Philadelphia Eagles - The Eagles are the supposed “dream team”, and have weapons on offense such as Vick, McCoy and Jackson. However Vick has already shown his inconsistency during preseason, and is vulnerable to injury. The defense is looking strong due to the upgrades, but i think they are weak at linebacker. Paper champions, but i suspect they get usurped when the real games start.
(2) Washington Redskins - I have the Redskins second based on the run game and the defense, although a good team will take the run game away and force Grossman to beat them, which won’t happen.
(3) Dallas Cowboys - The Cowboys will be better than last year with Romo back, but the run game looks iffy to me. The defense looks to have a few weak areas too, especially in the secondary.
(4) New York Giants – A tough year for the Giants.
NFL Scouting Combine: Important Scouting Tool or Media Circus?
Feb 25th
The NFL combine is coming up this weekend in Indianapolis. Invited players will be measured, weighed and then run through a variety of drills and exercises, while NFL scouts and staff look on and take notes.
It’s worth noting that going into the combine, most teams already have their draft boards about 90% done. A big combine workout performance shouldn’t affect a player’s draft stock. This is a change from the past, mainly because there are a lot of workout wonders who just don’t make it in the NFL. Teams are starting to realise that if you base your draft decision on workouts that actually have little to do with playing football, you are dooming yourself to failure.
Longhorn Colt McCoy
Look at Vernon Gholston. A workout wonder at the combine, he was talked about possibly going first overall to the Miami Dolphins or second overall to the St.Louis Rams, but ended up going sixth to the NY Jets. In his first two years, Gholston has played 379 snaps and blitzed on 207 of those. Out of those 207 blitzes he has just 11 QB pressures and one QB hit, with no sacks. Effectively he is only getting pressure once every 18 or so times he rushes the QB. That’s just terrible, especially for such a high draft pick.
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